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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Dominica	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	6,910

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Dominica, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.